Door buffer



' Jan. 16, 1934. E. MEIER 1,944,101

OOOOOOO FER Filed March 28, 1955 1 1 I E I 5-5- 11 l 5 u 15 INVENTOR.

. EEZZESTJIIEZER ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 16, 1934- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in door buffers and has particular reference to a device which may be applied to any ordinary door for the purpose of keeping the same from slamming.

A further object is to produce a device which is economical to manufacture.

Another object is to produce a device which is neat in appearance and simple to install.

A still further object is to produce a device which will actuate as a buifer either for a door being opened or to prevent a door from slamming closed.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same.

Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of a door and jamb having my device applied to the hinge,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my device,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the modified form of my device,

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line l4= of Fig. 3, and

Figs. 5 and 6 are top and side views, respectively, of my device.

There are many forms of buffers upon the market, such as fioor bumpers, baseboard stops,

springs, fluid checks, etc. Most of these devices, however, fail to prevent the door from banging due to their lack of resilience. Applicant has, therefore, devised a simple buffer, which is attached to the hinge of the door and which is constructed of a relatively hard rubber block, which is capable of considerable compression, which compression takes up the eifect of the swinging of the door and therefore prevents any slamming, which might otherwise occur.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a door and the numeral 6 the door jamb. At 7 and 8 I have shown the two plates of a hinge,

the pintle being shown at 9. The construction thus far described is common to most doors.

My invention consists of employing a builer block 11 having a supporting member 12 secured thereto and provided with a down-turned tapered end 13. This tapered end 13 is preferably fiattened so as to occupy the space between the two plates of the hinge. When the device is in the full line position of Fig. 1, and the door is moved from its full line position to dotted line position, it will be apparent that the block 11 will be engaged by the swinging door and will be compressed against the door casing. The effect will be that this compression will stop any possible slamming which might otherwise occur.

When the device is moved from the full line position of Fig. l, to the dotted line position of this figure, it will be apparent that the door cannot slam against the wall. In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, the resilient block which is designated by the numeral 14 is held to the wall by means of screws 16. Slidably mounted in this block is a pin 1'7 held by a spring 18 against depressions 19 formed in the pintle engaging portion of the hinge plate 7 This modified form acts the same as the preferred form, the only difference being that the pin 17 will hold the door in any one of several adjusted positions.

It is to be understood that the forms of my invention herewith shown and described is to be 85 taken as preferred examples of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

In a device of the character described, a resilient block, means for supporting said block adjacent the hinge of a door, said means including a bent member, straddling one of the plates of a door hinge, whereby said block is maintained in a fixed position between said door and said door support.

ERNEST MEIER. 

